Babel

The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)

Li Niha (Nias)

Fotomo malige andrõ ba Mbabeli. Famachõjõ li (1911 version)

  1. Ba ha sambalõ li niha ba goeli danõ fefoe, ha samboea wehede.
  2. Ba me latõrõi danõ tánõ ba gatoemboecha loeo, ba lasõndra ndraso ba danõ Zineara, ba mowanoea ira ba da'õ.
  3. Ba faoma lamane chõ nawõra: Talaboe, tafazõchi gara tembo ba tatoenoe ! Ba kara chõra gara tembo andrõ ba soeloemooe wamabõbõ.
  4. Ba lamane : Talaboe, tataroe'õ chõda mbanoea, awõ malige, siroegi banoea si jaŵa zoezoe, ta'eboea'o dõida, fa bõi moezaewe ita ba goeli danõ ma'asagõrõ.
  5. Ba mõi tooe Jehowa, ba wamaigi banoea andrõ, awõ malige, nilaoe nono niha andrõ.
  6. Ba imane Jehowa : Ha samboea soi ira ba ha sambalõ lira, ba bõrõta wolaoera da'õ, ba 1õ'õ [sa'ae] si tebai lalaoe, nichoi dõdõra.
  7. Ba damõi ita tooe ba tafachõjõ lira, fa bõi sa'ae i'ila li nawõnia zamõsana !
  8. Ba tobali ifazawili ira Jehowa ba zi manõ, moroi ba da'õ, ifazaewe ira ba goeli danõ ma'asagõrõ, ba tobali tebai sa'ae lataroe'õ mbanoea andrõ.
  9. Andrõ wa labe'e tõinia Mbabeli, me no ba da'õ ifachõjõ Jehowa li niha fefoe, ba me ba da'õ i'oroi Jehowa, wamazawili ja'ira ba goeli danõ ma'asagõrõ.

Source: Soera Gamaboe'oela Li Si Fõfõna. Het Oude Testament in het Niassisch vertaald. Uitgegeven door het Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap. Amsterdam 1911.

Fotomo malige andrõ ba Mbabeli Famachõjõ li (2009 version)

  1. Ba ha sambalõ li niha ba goeli danõ fefoe, ha samboea wehede.
  2. Ba me latõrõi danõ tánõ ba gatoemboecha loeo, ba lasõndra ndraso ba danõ Zineara, ba mowanoea ira ba daʼõ.
  3. Ba faoma lamane chõ nawõra: Talaboe, tafazõchi gara tembo ba tatoenoe! Ba kara chõra gara tembo andrõ ba soeloemooe wamabõbõ.
  4. Ba lamane: Talaboe, tataroeʼõ chõda mbanoea, awõ malige, siroegi banoea si jaw̃a zoezoe, taʼeboeaʼo dõida, fa bõi moezaewe ita ba goeli danõ maʼasagõrõ.
  5. Ba mõi tooe Jehowa, ba wamaigi banoea andrõ, awõ malige, nilaoe nono niha andrõ. (Moz. I. 18, 21).
  6. Ba imane Jehowa: Ha samboea soi ira ba ha sambalõ lira, ba bõrõta wolaoera daʼõ, ba lõʼõ [saʼae] si tebai lalaoe, nichoi dõdõra.
  7. Ba damõi ita tooe ba tafachõjõ lira, fa bõi saʼae iʼila li nawõnia zamõsana!
  8. Ba tobali ifazawili ira Jehowa ba zi manõ, moroi ba daʼõ, ifazaewe ira ba goeli danõ maʼasagõrõ, ba tobali tebai saʼae lataroeʼõ mbanoea andrõ.
  9. Andrõ wa labeʼe tõinia Mbabeli, me no ba daʼõ ifachõjõ Jehowa li niha fefoe, ba me ba daʼõ iʼoroi Jehowa, wamazawili jaʼira ba goeli danõ maʼasagõrõ.

Source: Soera Ni’amoni’ö. The Nias Bible. Lembaga Alkitab Indonesia. Indonesian Bible Society, 2009.

Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl

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